# Banishing Your Phone from the Bedroom — The Simplest Sleep Fix

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Podcast: [*“Yesterday, I Went to Mars ♡”*](https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663)
Published: 2026-06-20T23:59:56+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makotowillolympusmons/episodes/Banishing-Your-Phone-from-the-Bedroom--The-Simplest-Sleep-Fix-e3l2h1j
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## Resource

This episode looks at the simple habit of leaving a phone in another room at bedtime, and what that small shift reveals about the relationship between convenience and rest. It touches on a quiet observation: for most of human history, night was just night — no scroll, no breaking news, no world following you into bed. That context makes the current default feel less natural than it seems. There's also a distinction drawn between what technology makes possible and what actually makes life more comfortable — and the idea that sometimes quality of life improves not by adding something, but by deciding what not to do. The method itself is modest: no app, no willpower exercise, just a phone in another room and a dark, quiet space. The result isn't claimed as a cure, only as something that suits. A quiet reflection on the difference between convenience and comfort, and how a little distance from the things we carry everywhere might, on occasion, be exactly what rest requires.

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